Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>And up come he to her bed fit,<br>And a grumlie guest I’m sure was he,<br>Saying, “Here am I, thy bairnie’s faither<br>Although I may not comely be.”</p><p>—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)</p><p>Illustration: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird and Wonderful by Richard Pearse Chope (John Lane, 1912)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folksong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folksong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selkie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalSealDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSealDay</span></a></p>